esp. To feed with excess of food (spec. poultry, etc., to fatten them for the table); to overfeed, stuff, fill to satiety.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > feed up or overfeed (10) cramc1325 esp. To feed with excess of food (spec. poultry, etc., to fatten them for the table); to overfeed, stuff, fill to satiety. pamperc1390 transitive. To cram with food; to provide with an excessively rich diet; to feed or nourish (a person, animal, etc.) luxuriously. Formerly also with… pampa1400 transitive. To pamper with food; to fatten. Cf. pomp, v.2 papa1400 transitive. To feed or indulge with pap. Also with up. Obsolete. engorge1497 transitive. To fill the gorge of; to gorge, feed or fill to excess; chiefly reflexive. Also (rarely) intransitive for reflexive. pompa1529 transitive. To pamper, cosset; to feed up. In later use chiefly with up: to indulge, spoil; to ‘doll up’, titivate; (also) to flatter, ‘sweet-talk’. feed1552 To fill with food, to pamper; to fatten, make fleshy; occasionally of the food. dialect. to feed (full and) high, to feed up: to supply or obtain… frank?1567 To feed high; to cram. Also with up. grudge1642 transitive. To load, cram. to feed into1843 figurative †With on adv.: To encourage the growth of (obsolete). to feed into: to bring into by pampering. Also, (Theatrical slang) to feed a part… |
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